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Vers la lumière : les deux inachevées de Philippe Jordan avec l'Orchestre de Paris

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 01 December 2023
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“une leçon éblouissante de direction d’orchestre”
Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 29 November 2023
Programme
Schubert, Symphony no. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", D.759
Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
Performers
Orchestre de Paris
Philippe Jordan, Conductor
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Jean-Pierre Rousseau
Jean-Pierre Rousseau
Jean-Pierre Rousseau a été successivement producteur responsable des émissions musicales à la Radio Suisse Romande (à ce titre co-fondateur de l'émission de critique de disques "Disques en Lice" en 1987), directeur de France Musique, directeur général de l'Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, directeur de la musique de Radio France puis directeur du Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier jusqu'en juillet 2022. Il a régulièrement participé aux émissions de critique de la RTBF, de France Musique, et collaboré à Forumopera. Il tient un blog qui lui permet d'exprimer sa passion pour les musiciens d'aujourd'hui et d'hier.